African Diaspora Archaeology Network

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Not Forgotten: Celebration of Byberry African American Burial Ground Join us for a historical presentation and performance of antebellum Philadelphia Black music as we honor Byberry Township African American Burial Ground, established by Byberry Friends Meeting in 1780 as a resting place for area free Blacks and people of color. Brent White, Assistant Professor and D...

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260527-estevanico-the-african-explorer-who-crossed-north-america

How an enslaved, shipwrecked African became the US's first great explorer Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man walked thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see the American West.

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The Historian Who Made the Nation Tell the Truth
From Tulsa to Harvard to the White House, John Hope Franklin argued that honesty was a civic obligation.

John Hope Franklin’s life reads like an argument—patiently assembled, meticulously footnoted, and delivered with the calm force of someone who has seen what happens when a nation lies to itself. He became, by wide consensus, one of the most important American historians of the 20th century: a scholar whose work helped define African American history as a rigorous field and whose public service carried that scholarship into courtrooms, commissions, classrooms, and even the ceremonial rooms of presidential power. When he died in 2009 at 94, tributes landed with a kind of moral certainty: Franklin had not simply studied the central dilemma of the United States—race—but had lived inside its machinery and refused to let the story be told incorrectly.

Read the full story at https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/02/06/the-historian-who-made-the-nation-tell-the-truth

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/05/29/state-funding-secured-for-ground-penetrating-radar-survey-of-former-mount-herman-cemetery-in-durkeeville/

State funding secured for ground-penetrating radar survey of former Mount Herman Cemetery in Durkeeville A Jacksonville park and community center may be sitting on top of as many as 600 unmarked graves, and there is no proof the bodies were ever moved before the land was developed. Now, state funding is on the way to find them.

From the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) --

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) 2026 Academic Program Committee is extending our deadline for proposal submissions to June 22, 2026. In consideration of the rapidly changing federal crises we are facing (travel restrictions, economic difficulties, etc.), we wanted to give extra time to scholars, students, organizers, archivists, librarians, artists, curators, elected officials, and others committed to fighting fo the power of Black Studies and History. We want all groups to consider such an important time and an important space, Virginia, where much of the struggle over rights and power are being fought right now. Norfolk, VA with its incredible Black working class community history and stellar HBCUs and other universities provide us with an abundance of resources to exercise our right to self-determination for our rights and power.

ASALH believes that this year's struggles in Virginia and across the nation are in need of our collective insight, rigor, and solidarity with local Virginians. The erosion of political, economic, social, and cultural power requires a united front to stand firmly for the liberatory nature of African American History and Black Studies. Our 2026 National Conference can be one of the primary spaces where a multitude of groups determine how we can unite our love for Black Studies and how we can marshal networks and resources to win this fight. We did it in Jacksonville, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Now, we need everyone ready to unite for justice and power in Norfolk, Virginia this year. This is for everyone: those who have written new books on African American history; those who have published new articles; independent researchers doing innovative work on A.I. and African American labor and culture; Political scientists with an analysis of the gerrymandering and voting rights struggles; sociologists and anthropologists excavating stories of Black Struggle today; global scholars with insight into colonial wars and international Black solidarity; museum curators and archivists preserving the very history that they seek to erase; public school teachers who are at the forefront of the struggle for Black history in curriculum; grassroots organizers wanting difficult debates and consversations about organizing in such a tumultuous moment; students who are hungry for more knowledge of our history and sites of struggle; finally, anyone with love for Black people and our history.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson created ASALH for these very times where we use our networks and resources to collectively determine how we will produce, defend, and strengthen our Black Studies and History. There is never a more important time than now to use whatever means we have to carry this legacy throughout our spaces. We will be running to the fight this September, but we cannot win without each other.

Please note that we are prioritizing panel submissions now (panel discussions, rountables, workshops, and media sessions). Please consider creating panels for your paper submissions or contact me to help you do so. Please feel free to share and distribute the following CFP widely. You may also contact us by using the form on this page.

You can submit a proposal via All Academic at the link listed below:

SUBMIT ASALH CONFERENCE PROPOSAL, https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asalh/asalh26/

REMINDER: MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.

You can also review the FAQ for additional information, https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Ft1pvtS3c0KM0mANJtvwQFfYQRjTZkL/edit =h.mxr81jmqajxo

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/29/gullah-geechee-property-tax-relief-act

Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations A new South Carolina act will exempt some heirs’ property owners from increased property taxes

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/arts/design/lonnie-bunch-smithsonian-american-aspirations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mFA.0Nn2.GBRAyCZDFNaX&smid=url-share

Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show? (Gift Article) Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian secretary under pressure from the White House, organized an exhibit exploring America’s founding ideals.

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Enslaved Fugitives in the Lesser Antilles, 1760s-1860s Dataset CreatorsRasmus Christensen, University of CopenhagenGunvor Simonsen, University of CopenhagenHeather Freund, University of CopenhagenFelicia Fricke, University of CopenhagenGabriëlle La Croix, University of CopenhagenHannah K. Hjorth, University of CopenhagenLucas Marin, Université Paris N...

https://whitneyplantation.org/event/4th-annual-juneteenth-freedom-festival/

4th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival Join us for the 4th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Whitney Plantation on Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is FREE with registration to this special event that honors the history and culture of Black communities while celebrating freedom through education and comm...

https://slavewrecksproject.org/blog/preserving-the-maritime-histories/

Preserving the Maritime Histories From Our Past - Slave Wrecks Project Angelo Ayedoun, a PhD candidate from Benin, reflects on preserving maritime histories and his time as an intern in Biscayne National Park.